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For me it's Indian food, but then... what else? Ugh... what a question.

Bah. My mind is a whirling blank right here. I mean, freshly-prepared tiradito right off the boat is like... ffff, like tasting heaven.

I mean, I've never had *truly* fresh, truly authentic sushi, but I imagine it would be like tiradito? (note: it's a form of ceviche, i.e. latino lime-cooked fish slices)

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[–] Elaine@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Mexican food and Chinese food - that should cover me pretty good. RIP Italian food, sushi, Indian, and American french fries.

Pizza. Endless combinations available.

[–] simon574@feddit.org 6 points 2 days ago

Chinese food! More specifically, Sichuan and Northwestern style food.

I don't need to pick a second one.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Bunbury@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Italian and Vietnamese. I’m from neither of the places, but their food is so much better than anything we’ve got.

[–] ExtremeUnicorn@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

I'm the same way, actually. Italian is a no-brainer because of all the pizzas and pastas and gelato, but the mediterranean cuisine is very rich and can be quite healthy as well. And Vietnamese food encompasses just a lot of the more spicy asian dishes to give a nice contrast, also love rice.

[–] Horsecook@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

I natively cook California Fusion. Which is, uh, everything, everywhere, all at once.

Thinking of cuisines as regional or ethnic is so 1900s.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago

Japanese or Mexican probably.

[–] Frostbeard@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (5 children)

India is an entire sub continent of food, its like saying "european"

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[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Japanese and Mexican I think.

[–] guynamedzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

1: something East Asian; Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Thai. I’d be happy with any of them, I just can’t decide.

2: something Hispanic/South American, basically just Mexican food.

With any two in those categories there’s enough variety for me to spend my life eating

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[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Lean

Huh! And what is that, if I may ask..?

EDIT: Will you clowns give it a rest for JUST a moment, here...?

[–] tuckerm@feddit.online 9 points 2 days ago

Lean Cuisine is a brand of frozen dinners. :P

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[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Peruvian and Mexican

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 days ago

Italian and Mexican

[–] Ileftreddit@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (4 children)

How has no one said French? French for me please

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[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Middle Eastern and Indian has some of the best vegan food.

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[–] oyfrog@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Japanese and Mexican for the sake of the question. It's what I grew up eating, and I hate the idea of being without my familiar comfort foods.

Truthfully though, I love eating too much to limit myself regionally or to just two countries. There's so much I haven't tried.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

For me it would be Indian and Italian with mexican as an honourable mention id sorely miss.

All three are super easy to make on your own too and almost everything I make could be classed as imitations of either. Heck, I already make Christmas pizza every year instead of the usual Christmas dinner. A few years I've made Christmas enchiladas too which is why I'd miss mexican but I definitely have more curries than mexican over the course of any given year.

Chinese, mostly Cantonese food, because I'm just so used to it.

Japanese, because sushi, ramen, robatayaki etc...

I just realized I actually haven't tried much food lol, too picky to try new things... sort of just ate whatever I grew up with...

What does the average westerner eat btw? I feel like my life is just a small bubble.

[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (7 children)

I go with the two big Is.

Italian - because you have never truly lived if you didn’t eat authentic Italian food. There is a reason Italians take their food serious and there is so much to explore beyond pizza and spaghetti.

~~Indian~~ UK - because sometimes you just want to shove that Chicken Tikka Masala in your face. Fun fact: The best Chicken Tikka I ever had was in fucking Perth, Scotland. Make of that what you will.

Edit: Turns out what I call Indian food is British. So, at least one good thing came out of the Brits colonising half the world.

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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] TheOakTree@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I could probably live forever off of Korean and Caribbean food.

Probably vietnamese and mexican

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